Keith Watanabe * NET 2.0

being good sucks. you have to please people and are always attempting to second think for yourself or worse yet others. however, when you're evil, you can tell anyone to go fuck themselves. better yet there aren't any standards for being evil. you just live for yourself. in the world of D & D, of course, this is all subjected to a certain pattern of alignment. however, in reality you gotta look past that and into things beyond the gray edges. i hypothesize some of the most evil people are some of most self-sufficient. i admire that. but it's also a lot of fun being evil. first you don't have to justify your actions. imagine kicking a dog because you feel like it. some compassionate idiot would come up to you and say, "Why are you kicking the dog?" most "normal" people would have to justify it. an evil person could just say, "because it looked like fun." of course, the "normal" could never understand what fun it is seeing a dog leap 20' in the air in a defiance of physics before re-obeying that notion. i also think that good people must be of lower intelligence. part of their dilemma is that they're bound by the rules of society. an evil person would not be bound by those limitations. look at how Christians are bound by their belief in non-existence (aka the Christian God) another thing that comes into play is Darwinism to an extent. i believe those who do a lot to ensure their survivability must be intelligent. those that can maximum this are probably the most intelligent. giving credit where credit is due, i think bill gates, for instance, is intelligent. his donations to science (namely biotech) reek of self-interest. infinite life anyone? screwing as many whores without fear of AIDS? come on! we want infinite potential! science and technology provide increased access to extend our limits. compare this to a daredevil skater. sure they get all the chicks but look at how busted up they'd end up in the end. there's a reason a show would be called "Jackass." anyway, just musings....